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  • Beverly Si lls, for instance, made the cover of Time in 1971, and Mikhail Baryshnikov was a full-fledged media idol within a few months of his 1974 defection from the Soviet Union.

    Heard of Any Great Playwrights Lately? Terry Teachout 2010

  • "The Simenons," he once said, "took life as a straight line, the Br ü lls [his mother's family] came from a tormented race."

    The Mastery of Georges Simenon 2010

  • Germany's Angela Merkel, by contrast, pushed ahead with her plan to set in concrete the principle that government bondholders should be prepared post-2013 to suffer losses if a government can't pay its bi lls.

    The Audacity of the Euro: Stephen Fidler 2010

  • Log in to Reply usersherbrain, I couldn't imagine why my post in the beginning of this new world was held until I realized I said that this was testing our puzzle solving sk! lls. ivb3016

    Prop 8 - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • And your uncle te lls me that the stones each have a nanochip embedded within the House Harakamian logo lasered into the girdle of the stones.

    Massage 2010

  • It k! lls (let's try to get that one through moderation) me to think of her possessing political power. jarais

    Sarah Palin and Ted Stevens - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • He's led his Cleveland Cavaliers to a one-game playoff lead against the Chicago Bu lls.

    First the Playoffs, Then the Big Prize 2010

  • As if this were not impressive enough, the entire acoustic show is itself the prelude to a wonderful transformation: the highest pitch sounds ultimately spawn the fi rst generation of stars, while the deep bass notes slowly dissolve to become the tapestry of galaxies which now fi lls all of space.

    Archive 2008-10-04 Nicole 2008

  • I submit that there is a corollary genus, the savant idiot: festooned with credentials, diplomas, laurels and prizes professional and academic, who pontificates and expounds impressive-sounding ‘truths’ and explanations — what a friend of mine used to call ‘chinstrokers’ — that in the fullness of time and markets prove to be utter b-lls --- t.

    Dance to the Music of Geithner 2009

  • I submit that there is a corollary genus, the savant idiot: festooned with credentials, diplomas, laurels and prizes professional and academic, who pontificates and expounds impressive-sounding ‘truths’ and explanations — what a friend of mine used to call ‘chinstrokers’ — that in the fullness of time and markets prove to be utter b-lls --- t.

    Dance to the Music of Geithner 2009

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